Alex is one of the top pure guitar players around with great touch but also a keen eye/ear for lessons that provide students with more than their money's worth of fantastic ideas! Jim C.
Very cool to hear the monthly series about jazz standards (together with the already done in your channel) will be a pleasure to follow. The immense quantity/quality of details you give about chord changes and comping options are really a gift to our learning process! Together with the head melody explanations, based on scales, arpeggios, etc... well so happy to have all of this to learn from you... Alex you are a master of guitar! Here is my suggestion: Horace Silver - Song for my father
Thank you Alex! I sincerely appreciate you teaching me what to play but what has been far more valuable is you are really teaching me how to think. It directly applies to everything I play now and every song I write. You are the best!!
What a great idea for a series! There are so many songs to know and all the different subsets of jazz have their own “must knows”…it’s daunting! Thanks for these (in advance) Alex.
My pleasure buddy, and yes you’re exactly right! My goal here is to share the stuff I learned on that difficult journey in hopes of making things a little easier for someone else. 🙏🏻
Alex, fantastic song choice -- one of my favourites. I agree that a "Must Know" series is a great idea. I've been studying the standards (in addition to the obscurities of the '20s-'40s) for decades now, so the tunes are very familiar, but I love getting your take on these numbers. The harmonic alterations you present always sound fresh but logical -- just beautiful ideas every time. Looking forward to seeing how "Must Know" unrolls, in addition to all else you share with us, from diverse styles.
Thank you so much! I'm excited to add to this series too.. I'll try and keep it varied era wise and will certainly be including some 20's/30's style pieces with appropriate chord choices etc. I'm sure most of this is already more than comfortable for you, but I really appreciate your enthusiasm! Let me know if you have any particular tunes you think I should add to the list.. I'm certain our tastes are very similar! 🧡
Great idea for a series! A few I would really love to see as I have a very hard time finding out what the ‘correct’ versions are: ‘Round Midnight Idle Moments I prefer minor ballad type standards so Shadow of Your Smile would be great too, thank you!
Great tunes, already on my list with the exception of Shadow of Your Smile. I reckon we share some similar tastes with our love for the minor ballads! ;)
@@AlexFarranGuitar Yes definitely, that’s what I find the best about your channel, your taste is very similar to mine, I have learned your versions of Nuages and Manoir so far and they’re really well put together I learned a version of Round Midnight by a RUclipsr called Jim Ellis, but it’s more of a chord melody and seemingly every other version of the piece I look up for a simple chord lesson is different, it’s extremely difficult to know what’s right! Another one would be Nature Boy too, what an evocative and mysterious piece
@@Brokout I get you totally.. this is the whole aim of this series.. to give a straight up, complete view of the actual tune. Man, I love Nature Boy too.. amazing piece 👌🏻
Thank you so much for this lesson, Alex! I'm subscribing to you on Patreon and I think your lessons are fantastic. Keep up the great work! I know you have talked about this guitar before but would you mind telling me what pickups are in it? Original? I think they sound som very natural and beautiful.
Thank you Simon, I really appreciate that my friend! I actually am totally unsure about what the pickups are to be honest.. someone looked at them and said they were originals, someone else said they were clones. They have the "PAF" stickers on the bottom but of course many of the guys making clones put those on there too.. so yeah, I'm afraid I can't give you a solid answer!
😂 haha no definitely not double jointed! Think I just learned to play with my thumb over the top at a young age.. probably comes from learning Hendrix tunes and Barney Kessel stuff.
Alex I really appreciated the split screen on this video. Showing the lead and chords playing at the same time. I'm a big fan of the channel and your teaching style. Hoping to join your patreon soon.
Absolutely! My plan is to circle back round to these pieces at a later date and give them the chord melody treatment, as well as lessons on how to solo over them 👍🏻
Alex is one of the top pure guitar players around with great touch but also a keen eye/ear for lessons that provide students with more than their money's worth of fantastic ideas! Jim C.
thank you so much Jim! I really appreciate the kind words buddy 🙏🏻
Very cool to hear the monthly series about jazz standards (together with the already done in your channel) will be a pleasure to follow. The immense quantity/quality of details you give about chord changes and comping options are really a gift to our learning process! Together with the head melody explanations, based on scales, arpeggios, etc... well so happy to have all of this to learn from you... Alex you are a master of guitar! Here is my suggestion: Horace Silver - Song for my father
Thank you so much! Really glad you’re excited about this series of lessons! I’m excited too! And cheers for the suggestion, I’ll add it to the list! 🍻
Thank you Alex! I sincerely appreciate you teaching me what to play but what has been far more valuable is you are really teaching me how to think. It directly applies to everything I play now and every song I write. You are the best!!
My pleasure Rich! And I'm so glad you see it that way as that is exactly my goal with all my lessons. 🙏🏻
Sounds amazing...lush, sophisticated and enchanting. great start for this must-know standard series!
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻
Great Melody 😎👍 great guitar version 👍😎
Thank you so much!
Pure class and sophistication. Nobody better than AFG!
Thank you Sukie! 🙏🏻🧡
What a great idea for a series! There are so many songs to know and all the different subsets of jazz have their own “must knows”…it’s daunting!
Thanks for these (in advance) Alex.
My pleasure buddy, and yes you’re exactly right! My goal here is to share the stuff I learned on that difficult journey in hopes of making things a little easier for someone else. 🙏🏻
Amazing stuff Alex, thank you so much for this❤️
My pleasure buddy, glad you dig it! 🙏🏻
This is fantastic! Thank you. Maybe Where Or When, Lullaby of Birdland, All the Things You Are? 😊
Great suggestions, thank you 🙏🏻
The U.K. BANDIT strikes again!!! 🎶🎵💯🔥 I don't care if it never catches on lol. I've never seen a RUclips player even worthy of a nickname until now.
Haha thanks buddy, that’s very kind! It’s not a bad nickname at all to be fair 😅🍻
Terrific as usual sir. Best guitar teacher on YT. .
Thank you so much! 🙏🏻
Alex, fantastic song choice -- one of my favourites. I agree that a "Must Know" series is a great idea. I've been studying the standards (in addition to the obscurities of the '20s-'40s) for decades now, so the tunes are very familiar, but I love getting your take on these numbers. The harmonic alterations you present always sound fresh but logical -- just beautiful ideas every time. Looking forward to seeing how "Must Know" unrolls, in addition to all else you share with us, from diverse styles.
Thank you so much! I'm excited to add to this series too.. I'll try and keep it varied era wise and will certainly be including some 20's/30's style pieces with appropriate chord choices etc. I'm sure most of this is already more than comfortable for you, but I really appreciate your enthusiasm! Let me know if you have any particular tunes you think I should add to the list.. I'm certain our tastes are very similar! 🧡
Another Top notch lesson from the RUclips master instructor Alex Farran-spread the word
Thank you so much Mark, I really appreciate that! 🙏🏻🧡
Great idea for a series! A few I would really love to see as I have a very hard time finding out what the ‘correct’ versions are:
‘Round Midnight
Idle Moments
I prefer minor ballad type standards so Shadow of Your Smile would be great too, thank you!
Great tunes, already on my list with the exception of Shadow of Your Smile. I reckon we share some similar tastes with our love for the minor ballads! ;)
@@AlexFarranGuitar Yes definitely, that’s what I find the best about your channel, your taste is very similar to mine, I have learned your versions of Nuages and Manoir so far and they’re really well put together
I learned a version of Round Midnight by a RUclipsr called Jim Ellis, but it’s more of a chord melody and seemingly every other version of the piece I look up for a simple chord lesson is different, it’s extremely difficult to know what’s right!
Another one would be Nature Boy too, what an evocative and mysterious piece
@@Brokout I get you totally.. this is the whole aim of this series.. to give a straight up, complete view of the actual tune.
Man, I love Nature Boy too.. amazing piece 👌🏻
Graceful player, talented teacher. Thanks for these, Alex!
Thanks for the kind words my friend 🙏🏻🧡
Happy you start this new serie. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it buddy! I’m excited to build this series of lessons!
Estupendo. Tim.
I like the pace of ideas also. Quick (for me) but will be perfect with the accompanying notes.
Thanks for the comment buddy, glad you found the lesson useful. 🙏🏻
A jazz basic "The Rhythm Changes" from I Got Rhythm.
Surely the archetype.
Definitely coming soon 👌🏻
Great tune to have on the radio cruising the French Riviera
Sounds ideal! 👌🏻🤩
Beautiful song and lesson!
Glad you enjoyed it buddy 🙏🏻
So much to learn here 👍👍
Indeed!.. Jazz can teach us so much can't it? 🙏🏻
Awesome. Looking forward to this series!
Thanks Trever!
This series is for me, I am locked in.
Great stuff Matthew! I’m looking forward to building this series up! 🙏🏻
Brilliant!
Thanks buddy!
Very classy Alex ❤
Thanks Stuart! 🙏🏻
Chord talk and analysis is always appreciated. Chords are the foundation. The cake. Everything else icing.
Thanks buddy, I totally agree. Chords are the foundation for everything that follows 👌🏻
I cannot even tell you how brilliant I thought that lesson was. What a treat, thanks for your time and excellent teaching.
You're very welcome my friend, thanks for the comment! 🙏🏻🧡
Thank you so much for this lesson, Alex! I'm subscribing to you on Patreon and I think your lessons are fantastic. Keep up the great work!
I know you have talked about this guitar before but would you mind telling me what pickups are in it? Original? I think they sound som very natural and beautiful.
Thank you Simon, I really appreciate that my friend! I actually am totally unsure about what the pickups are to be honest.. someone looked at them and said they were originals, someone else said they were clones. They have the "PAF" stickers on the bottom but of course many of the guys making clones put those on there too.. so yeah, I'm afraid I can't give you a solid answer!
Thanks Alex. One of my all time favourite tunes. I'd never have figured it out from the real book!
My pleasure Paul, glad it helped matey! 🙏🏻
great lesson, thanks! is that backing track (bass & drums) available anywhere?
My question exactly🙂
It is indeed!.. it’s included with the lesson materials 👍🏻
Thanks as always. Are you double jointed? That grip at 6:38 is nuts.
😂 haha no definitely not double jointed! Think I just learned to play with my thumb over the top at a young age.. probably comes from learning Hendrix tunes and Barney Kessel stuff.
Great idea for a series. Looking forward to it
Glad to hear it Frank!
Maybe some more gypsys, syracuse, sous le ciel de paris or others ? Annecy France
Thanks for the comment buddy! Yes indeed, there’ll be many more Gypsy pieces to come 👌🏻
Another Great Video Alex. Thankyou 🎸🎶🎸
My pleasure dude!
Right, you've got me, I'm joining your Patreon. 👍
Thank you my friend, I really appreciate it! 🙏🏻
Just so clear. Like jazz 101. Perfection.
Thanks buddy, Jazz 101 is exactly my goal with this series 🙏🏻
Amazing lesson, love your style. Thanks!
My pleasure! Thanks for the kind words 🙏🏻
I think you already did “My Funny Valentine”? I know it’s Bebop, but “So What” anything off of Kind of Blue
Good idea!.. I'll definitely do "So What" and many of the well known Charlie Parker be-bop heads ;)
Alex I really appreciated the split screen on this video. Showing the lead and chords playing at the same time.
I'm a big fan of the channel and your teaching style. Hoping to join your patreon soon.
Thank you so much for the kind words my friend, highly appreciated 🙏🏻
Love it! Do you plan to make an improv lesson for those same standards? Because then it's time to solo :) Thank you
Absolutely! My plan is to circle back round to these pieces at a later date and give them the chord melody treatment, as well as lessons on how to solo over them 👍🏻
Alex, is that Novo sitting in the chair behind? When is the video comin˙? :) Cheers!
Haha indeed it is!.. well spotted! Video coming soon.. very soon ;)
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day Alex also my right ear is working without the earwax ❤😊 the doctors remove it ❤😊
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed the lesson! Glad to hear things are getting better for you! 🙏🏻🥳🧡
great!!!!!! thanx for this video man!
My pleasure!
Thank you. Great lesson!
You're so welcome!
"A fully pimped out, tritone subbed chord progression that started out life as a 1-6-2-5". Love it!
Haha thanks buddy, glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🏻
I just discovered your channel and I want to learn from every one of your videos!
I’m so glad you feel that way buddy!.. welcome aboard! 🙏🏻🍻
Excellent!
Thank you David! 🙏🏻
Great explanations. TY so much!
My pleasure! 🙏🏻
+++++
Thank you!🙏🏻